Books & Books to celebrate 30th anniversary; Greenlight launches signed first editions club; Books of Wonder kicks off fundraising campaign; Busboys and Poets opens bookstore in Hyattsville; Bookin’ It’s Hansen wins poetry awards

Books on Broad opened on June 12 in Camden, South Carolina, and owners Bill Funderburk and his wife, state Rep. Laurie Slade Funderburk, are happy to be a part of the downtown’s revitalization project.

ABFFE President Chris Finan reflects on the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week earlier this month, an event that was definitely  “not your grandmother’s celebration of the freedom to read.”

Left Bank undergoes makeover; Lyon Books named Chico’s best; Centuries & Sleuths hosts discussion of Trudi Kanter memoir

In Black Dog & Leventhal’s My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read Shop, author Rick Bragg pays tribute to his favorite bookstore, Alabama Booksmith, and his favorite bookseller, Jake Reiss.

Pennsylvania’s Harleysville Books teamed up with a neighboring boutique to host an event that highlighted both indie businesses and raised money to fight breast cancer.

Booktenders’ celebrates 30 years; Kepler’s to reopen

Joan Wickersham describes her relationship with New Hampshire’sToadstool Bookshop in an excerpt from Black Dog & Leventhal’s forthcoming My Bookstore, and Toadstool co-owner Willard Williams shares his thoughts about being included in the collection, the key to his bookstores’ longevity, and more.

Canada’s McNally Robinson to be sold to employees; Community Bookstore partners for new literary series; DIESEL names event coordinator; Wichita bookstores are optimistic

Booksellers at Chapter One, Vintage Books, and City Lights are marking this week’s 30^th anniversary celebration of Banned Books Week with creative displays, banned book read-outs, and engaging censorship conversations.